Lemons, Charles Franklin 'Charlie'

1936 - 2014  (77 years)

• Name	Lemons, Charles Franklin 'Charlie'
  		Barb House, Charlie and Betty Lemons Contributed by Leona Mae McDowell
  		Charlie Lemons, Glenn McDowell, Betty Lemons Clay City, Illinois, May 2007. Contributed by Pam Johnson
  		Charles Franklin 'Charlie' and Betty Marie (McDowell) Lemons Contributed by Gayla Tanner
  		Charles Franklin 'Charlie' Lemons (1936-2014)
  Birth	24 Sep 1936	Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	LEMO.C001
  _FGRAVE	132147869
  Death	27 Jun 2014	Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Cancer
  	Facebook message from Gayla Tanner (June 27, 2014): "I'm sorry I didn't post sooner, we've had problems reaching some family, and the day was chaotic. Poppy passed away today at 2:55pm. I had taken him to the hospital Wednesday after he ditched his car. He had a bad laceration on his arm, which he said he got falling into the dresser. They admitted him because his sodium levels were really low. They said it could cause his pain and dizziness. They X-rayed his chest to make sure he didn't crack a rib, but instead of a break they found a shadow on his lungs. They did a CT scan and it showed that he clearly had an advanced form of cancer. We decided not to tell him what it was until this morning because my brother, Leon, and already left and we wanted the doctor there when we talked to him. This morning the doctor told him his options and he insisted on going home. We started making arrangements with hospice. At lunch he started choking. His lungs were filling up. They gave him some medication to help dry out hos lungs and to help him rest. While we were talking to the hospice coordinators he started to decompensate quickly. And then he simply stopped breathing. It was all so fast we hadn't even told all of the family about the cancer before he was gone. We will work out details for a visitation and funeral a little later, we all need to regroup after today."
  Burial	15 Jul 2014	Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [2, 3]
  	Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m Tuesday, July 15, at Hanna Cemetery
  		Headstone, Lemons, Charles F.
  		Headstone, Lemons, Betty M and Charles F
  Person ID	I326	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Bugg - Patterson Alfred C. Bugg and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Patterson Descendants, Graham - Hornick John Riley Graham and Rebecca Isabelle 'Bell' Hornick Descendants, Hornick - Baity Christopher Columbus Hornick and Rachel Baity Descendant, Luke - Fuller Thomas Luke and Drusella Cossal Fuller Descendants, Luke - Harrington William David Luke and Barbara Harrington Descendants, Maglone - Landers James Maglone and Mary Landers Descendants, McDowell - Maglone John William 'Will' McDowell and Margaret Maglone Descendants
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Lemons, James Roscoe,   b. 21 Feb 1909, Wayne County, Illinois d. 4 Nov 1966, Geff, Wayne County, Illinois (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sheets, Mary Alice,   b. 19 Feb 1915   d. 3 Aug 1979 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HOLMES, T.R.
  Children	+ 1. LEMONS, P.J. + 2. LEMONS, C.L.   3. LEMONS, A.L.
  Family ID	F361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	McDowell, Betty Marie,   b. 3 Jun 1942, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 10 Aug 2007, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1977	Illinois   [1, 2, 5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Sons, G.J. + 2. Sons, D.D.D.
  Family ID	F79	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Sep 1936 - Wayne County, Illinois Marriage - 25 Nov 1977 - Illinois Death - Cause: Cancer - 27 Jun 2014 - Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 15 Jul 2014 - Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Charlie was better known as "Poppy" by close friends. He graduated from Fairfield Community High School in 1954. He spend most of his adult life working in the oil fields. Throughout his career he worked for Don Durr, National Oil Well, E.O.A. Mann, and Charlie's Pump Shop with Randy Mitchell. For more than 50 years, his name has been well known in the oil community in Southern Illinois.

  
  

• Sources

  [S149] https://www.findagrave.com/, Headstone, Lemons, Betty M. and Charles F., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20945696/betty-marie-lemons) (Reliability: 2). [S152] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lemons, Charles Franklin 'Poppy', (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132147869), none. (Reliability: 2). [S462] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lemons, Charles F., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132147869) (Reliability: 2). [S1315] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lemons, James R. and Mary A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36016758/james-roscoe-lemons) (Reliability: 2). [S146] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Clark, Hazel Bernice, 61, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=401&GScid=105163&GRid=17873261&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S151] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lemons, Betty M., 65, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20945696/betty-marie-lemons) (Reliability: 2).